Loch Skipport, 1898

Loch Skipport, 1898

ID: PC_HIGHLANDLIVESTOCK_202 DESCRIPTION: A busy scene at the harbour at Loch Skipport, South Uist, in 1898 with barrels of salted herring waiting to be exported. The pier at Loch Skipport was built in 1879 although by 1900, it had been superseded by Lochboisdale as the island's main harbour. The photograph was probably taken from onboard the steamer Dunara Castle which sailed weekly from Glasgow to the Hebrides. The photographer, Archibald Alexander "Archie" Chisholm (1859-1933) was the Procurator Fiscal in Lochmaddy. He published a volume of his picture postcards in 1904. PLACENAME: Loch Skipport DISTRICT: South Uist OLD COUNTY/PARISH: INVERNESS CREATOR (AV): Archibald Alexander Chisholm DATE OF IMAGE: 1898 PERIOD: 1890s SOURCE: Highland Livestock Heritage Society COLLECTION: Highland Livestock Heritage Society photographs Asset ID: 46489 KEYWORDS: